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The Ethics of Virtual Relationships: Navigating Consent and Boundaries in the Metaverse

People Using VR Headsets - Virtual Relationships Boundaries

Oct 24 2023

The Metaverse has materialized out of nowhere or somewhere (we still aren’t 100% sure who made it or what it is), but what we do know is it’s an expanding, possibly limitless, kinda scary outermost place where human connections can develop without those pesky physical space constraints. But as we go deeper into the great

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Taking the First Step | How to Know When It’s Time for Marriage Counseling

Oct 22 2023

Love is a many-splendored thing, but it’s not always a bed of roses. Speaking of flowers, remember that movie The War of the Roses? If you’ve seen it, you know that what starts out as a wonderful love story escalates into a feud to end all feuds—with the demise of the marriage between Kathleen Turner

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Election Season | How It Can Make or Break Relationships

Oct 20 2023

Election season is that bewitching time of year when your usually adorable partner mutates into a walking, talking political ad. It’s like Halloween but not fun. In fact, it’s the opposite of fun, it sucks. If you’ve never wondered how elections can strain the otherwise lovely bond people share with their significant others, lucky you!

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The Art of the ‘Power Couple’ | How to Sustain a Relationship When Both Partners Are Career-Driven

Oct 18 2023

In an era that goes hard for individual success and independence, are “power couples” even a thing anymore? You know, like Melanie Griffith and Harrison Ford (ahem, sorry, Tess McGill and Jack Trainer for the initiated) in Working Girl, doing all of those mergers and acquisitions together with a healthy side of romance. Although these

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The Peer Pressure Paradox | Navigating Love and Friendships as a Teen

Oct 16 2023

Adolescence is a chaotic mix of self-discovery, emotional rollercoasters (with a few loop-de-loops), and a shifting social circle of old friends and new ones. There are arguments between BFFs, reconciliations, and, yes, romantic breakups and makeups. The teen years are when you first get crushes, fall in love (or what you swear you think is

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The Digital Landscape | How Social Media Affects Teen Relationships

Oct 14 2023

Let me start by saying that I have three teenage nieces, and as toddlers, they were adept at using smartphones. After a day with them taking turns playing with my phone, I would have 14 new apps downloaded, from games to social media platforms I’d never heard of–it was unnerving, to say the least. It

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Could Roblox Online Dating Be the Next Big Thing?

Oct 12 2023

Roblox is setting its sights on evolving beyond a platform just for kids. Its goal? To transition into a space where adults also meet and form connections—a Roblox online dating app. During the closing remarks of the Roblox Developers Conference (RDC) 2023 keynote in September, CEO David Baszucki declared that over the next five years,

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Is Romance Dead? Courtship in the Age of Texting and Social Media

Oct 11 2023

It’s a topic that’s plagued philosophers and poets for centuries, not to mention all of the Karens you’ve encountered who can’t fathom why you’re still single: Is romance dead? Now, before we all freak out and start crying about becoming that crazy old person who never married and has 18 cats because they never found

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The Science of Attraction and What Really Makes Us Click

Oct 9 2023

Romantic attraction is sometimes a mystery—there have been times when I have absolutely no idea what initially drew me to a person, but I was without a doubt drawn. And if I, a mere ordinary human, am confounded by what sparks a physical and romantic attraction, we should definitely go to the scientists and psychologists

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